Interested in Developing a 650 kW+ Solar Project in Massachusetts? Think Again (Or Be Very Patient)

This week's announcement from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) may have taken some Massachusetts solar developers by surprise. Immediately following the announcement of the allocations for the 2014 and 2015 Managed Growth capacity , commercial and utility scale solar developers across New England began counting down the days to when the 2016 capacity amount would be revealed. Developers had long awaiting the final figures for the DOER’s 2016 allocation, hoping they could fit their 650 kW+ solar projects into the Massachusetts solar program. The countdown is now over, and the DOER has released their initial analysis and expectation for the Managed Growth Capacity Block for 2016 . The final result is…0 MW. What is Managed Growth in Massachusetts and Why Does it Matter? The Masschusetts SREC-II Program, promulgated in April, creates differentiated finan...